Drymophloeus
(from drumos, wood, and phloios, bark; application not stated). ORD. Palmeae. A genus of about a dozen species of unarmed stove palms, with slender ringed trunks, natives of New Guinea, tropical Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Flowers monoecious, in branched panicles; spadices springing from the trunk below the crown of leaves. Leaves terminal, regularly pinnatisect; segments cuneate-oblong or linear. For culture, see Ptychosperma. D. olivaeformis (Olive-formed). fr. olive-shaped, reddish. l., segments cuneate-oblong, erose-dentate at the apex; terminal one larger, fan-shaped. Stem 20ft. to 30ft. high, 3in. to 4in. thick. Moluccas. SYN. Ptychosperma Rumphii.
D. ceramensis, D. Rumphii, and D. singaporensis are also in cultivation.